India Environment Portal | News, reports, documents, blogs, data, analysis on environment & development | India, South Asiahttp://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/en-usThu, 16 May 2019 18:30:00 +0530Trends in contraceptive prevalence rates in sub-Saharan Africa since the 2012 London Summit on Family Planning: results from repeated cross-sectional surveyshttp://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/464216/trends-in-contraceptive-prevalence-rates-in-sub-saharan-africa-since-the-2012-london-summit-on-family-planning-results-from-repeated-cross-sectional-surveys/<p>The Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) initiative, launched at the 2012 London Summit on Family Planning, aims to enable 120 million additional women to use modern contraceptive methods by 2020 in the world&rsquo;sThu, 16 May 2019 18:30:00 +0530http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/464216/trends-in-contraceptive-prevalence-rates-in-sub-saharan-africa-since-the-2012-london-summit-on-family-planning-results-from-repeated-cross-sectional-surveys/Youth in India 2017http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/442594/youth-in-india-2017/<p>The publication Youth in India attempts to identify the issues of importance for youth under the broad categories- Population dynamics, marital statistics, fertility &amp; contraception, Mortality &amp;Tue, 28 Feb 2017 18:30:00 +0530http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/442594/youth-in-india-2017/Injectable contraceptives- Failing Indian womenhttp://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/439720/injectable-contraceptives-failing-indian-women/The campaign against Depo-Provera and the questions raised by the women’s groups still remain relevant. Reproductive rights, when reduced to “choice of contraceptives” without considering the overall healthFri, 10 Feb 2017 18:30:00 +0530http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/439720/injectable-contraceptives-failing-indian-women/State to control jumbo count with contraceptive vaccinehttp://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/433704/state-to-control-jumbo-count-with-contraceptive-vaccine/Karnataka will soon experiment with the hugely successful South African birth control technique to check the growing elephant population in the state, in the face of increasing human-elephant conflict.Sun, 07 Aug 2016 18:30:00 +0530http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/433704/state-to-control-jumbo-count-with-contraceptive-vaccine/In a first in the country, female monkeys to be given oral &#039;contraceptive&#039; in Uttarakhandhttp://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/433638/in-a-first-in-the-country-female-monkeys-to-be-given-oral-contraceptive-in-uttarakhand/DEHRADUN: In a bid to control monkey menace in the state, the Uttarakhand forest department in collaboration with the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) is going to introduce a project, pegged as the firstThu, 04 Aug 2016 18:30:00 +0530http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/433638/in-a-first-in-the-country-female-monkeys-to-be-given-oral-contraceptive-in-uttarakhand/Uttarakhand introducing birth control injections across all government hospitalshttp://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/427565/uttarakhand-introducing-birth-control-injections-across-all-government-hospitals/In a bid to curb the problem of unwanted pregnancy, health and family welfare department of Uttarakhand has decided to administer free of cost Contraceptive Injections to the women across all the governmentSun, 10 Apr 2016 18:30:00 +0530http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/427565/uttarakhand-introducing-birth-control-injections-across-all-government-hospitals/World report on women’s health 2015http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/419861/world-report-on-womens-health-2015/The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) - representing 125 national societies of obstetricians and gynecologists worldwide - released at the XXI World Congress of Gynecology andMon, 05 Oct 2015 18:30:00 +0530http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/419861/world-report-on-womens-health-2015/The contribution of cervicovaginal infections to the immunomodulatory effects of hormonal contraceptionhttp://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/417929/the-contribution-of-cervicovaginal-infections-to-the-immunomodulatory-effects-of-hormonal-contraception/<p>Particular types of hormonal contraceptives (HCs) and genital tract infections have been independently associated with risk of HIV-1 acquisition. We examined whether immunity in women using injectableMon, 31 Aug 2015 18:30:00 +0530http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/417929/the-contribution-of-cervicovaginal-infections-to-the-immunomodulatory-effects-of-hormonal-contraception/Use of combined oral contraceptives and risk of venous thromboembolism: nested case-control studies using the QResearch and CPRD databaseshttp://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/416210/use-of-combined-oral-contraceptives-and-risk-of-venous-thromboembolism-nested-case-control-studies-using-the-qresearch-and-cprd-databases/<p>The objective of the study was to investigate the association between use of combined oral contraceptives and risk of venous thromboembolism, taking the type of progestogen into account.</p>
<p><aThu, 06 Aug 2015 18:30:00 +0530http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/416210/use-of-combined-oral-contraceptives-and-risk-of-venous-thromboembolism-nested-case-control-studies-using-the-qresearch-and-cprd-databases/Recent oral contraceptive use by formulation and breast cancer risk among women 20 to 49 years of agehttp://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/416209/recent-oral-contraceptive-use-by-formulation-and-breast-cancer-risk-among-women-20-to-49-years-of-age/<p>Previous studies of oral contraceptives and breast cancer indicate that recent use slightly increases risk, but most studies relied on self-reported use and did not examine contemporary oral contraceptiveThu, 31 Jul 2014 18:30:00 +0530http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/416209/recent-oral-contraceptive-use-by-formulation-and-breast-cancer-risk-among-women-20-to-49-years-of-age/